[uf-discuss] haudio contributor

[Martin McEvoy]

On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 16:41 +0000, Andy Mabbett wrote:
> In message <1202227070.9752.13.camel at weborganicscouk>, Martin McEvoy 
> <info at weborganics.co.uk> writes
> 
> >On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 01:56 +1100, Michael MD wrote:
> >> >Why doesn't the following work for you, then?
> >> >
> >> ><div class="haudio">
> >> >   <span class="contributor">Primal Scream</span> -
> >> >   <span class="album">Screamadelica</span>
> >> ></div>
> >>
> >>
> >> That may be fine for someone who just wants to mark up some tracks they like
> >> on a personal blog ... but an artist or record store may want to be able to
> >> say who composed it, who performed it, who did studio production, who
> >> remixed it, who a guest instumentalist was, what label released it, and
> >> maybe even who distibutes it and want to be able to distinguish between
> >> them.
> >
> >Oh but you can...
> >
> ><div class="haudio">
> > <span class="album">Screamadelica</span>
> >
> >   <span class="contributor vcard">
> >   <span class="role">Artist</span> -
> >   <span class="fn org">Primal Scream</span>
> >   </span>
> 
> 1) that's not the model referred to in "Why doesn't the following work 
> for you, then?", above.

"Roles" can be used to expand contributor into something a bit more
precise

> 
> 2) Where is the evidence, in examples like that quoted at the top if 
> this post, that people publish terms like "Artist" when referring to the 
> key creator?
> 
> >   <span class="contributor vcard">
> >   <span class="role">Producer</span> -
> >   <span class="fn">Andrew Weatherall</span>
> >   </span>
> 
> How does that cater for people who use "produced by" instead of 
> "producer"?
> 
> >   <span class="contributor vcard">
> >   <span class="role">Vocals</span> -
> >   <span class="fn">Jah Wobble</span>
> >   </span>
> 
> The role there is "singer" or "vocalist", not "vocals".

Actually its "Bassist" on track 10 no less, sorry my fault ;)

> 
> >The only thing I might add is vcard looks redundant? as the context 
> >describes audio, not buisness cards?
> 
> hCard is not just for business cards. It's for "people, organisations or 
> places".



Thank You.

>